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Today's Contents:
1. The first bits: Nagoya Motor Show, Live concert at Rockinn, Party at Broome, Where are they now??, Shodo
classes
2. Course
information.
3. Staff Interview: Noriko Terada (Placement/Offshore Programs)
4.
Things Japanese: Soccer World Cup 2002
5. About The Yamasa Institute for Japanese
Studies
6. Subscription
Information
1. The first bits.
(a) Nagoya Motor Show:
From concept cars, to the latest Nissan Skyline, you will find them all at the Nagoya Motor Show running from November 22nd to November 25th at Nagoya port. Tickets are 1,200 Yen for adults (1,100 Yen if bought in advance) and can be purchased on the door or at any Lawson or Circle K convenience store. The show is open from 9.00am to 6.00pm. To get there take the meitetsu bus from Nagoya station. See the poster on the notice board outside the International Office for more information.
(b) Live concert at Rockinn:
Another opportunity to get out and about in Okazaki and meet Japanese people is the live concert at the Rockinn near Cibico department store in Higashi Okazaki. A Japanese band (including a Canadian drummer) playing a mix of American and Japanese music will rock on from 7.00pm on Saturday 24th November. Tickets are 500 Yen and can be bought in advance from Kelly Duke (who was featured in last issue's student interview) or on the door. Please come to the International Office for more information and tickets.
(c) Party at Broome:
After the concert at Rockinn why not make your way to Broome just down the road in Higashi Okazaki for a kicking night of dance music. From 7.00pm until midnight on Saturday 24th DJ's Dave, TIC and CHAMPLUU will be keeping the people moving. Admission is 1,000 Yen (500 Yen for 'foreign guests'). For more information call (0564) 28-6777 (in Japanese) or come to the International Office. Broome is located on the second floor of the Shipue Building 1-34 Zaimoku-Cho on the next street along from Cibico department store. Go past Cibico (you will see Tokai bank on the right hand side) and take a left turn at the next intersection, continue about 500 yards and you will see Broome on your right.
(d) New section: Where are they now???:
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| Jason Cormier |
Jason Cormier (SILAC):
Jason studied on the SILAC program during July and August of 2000. Previously an English teacher in Japan for a number of years, he and his Japanese wife moved to Canada in Summer this year. They are both currently living in Toronto whilst Jason does post-grad studies in education. Jason says he plans to settle either in Ottawa or Toronto in the near future. If you would like to contact Jason please contact me at newsletter@yamasa.org and I will pass on the messages.
Would you like to know where your old classmates are now, what happened to them after they finished studying and what they're doing now?? If there is anybody you would like to know about please let me know. If you would like to be included in this section yourself then write to newsletter@yamasa.org.
(e) Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) lessons:
Nowadays most Japanese people use pencils, pens and often computers to write letters and documents. But the art of shodo (calligraphy), where an ink-dipped brush is used to create Chinese kanji and Japanese kana characters, remains a traditional part of Japan's culture. If you would like to learn more about shodo then come to the Student Village every Monday night at 7.00pm - 8.00pm where Kato Erina sensei will be taking a shodo lesson. There is no fee (if you would like to buy a shodo writing set then this can be purchased for 1,500 Yen) and anybody is welcome to join. Please come to the International Office before Thursday if you wish to register to take part.
(f) Course cancellations:
The Acceleration 2 month modular programs E (from November 30th) and F (from February 1st 2002) have been cancelled due to a lack of available accommodation for new students enrolling on these dates. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. The next start date for the Acceleration program is 2002/01/07, please contact Admissions for more information.
(g) Correction:
In the last issue of the Newsletter, the time of Joseph Huang's show on FM Okazaki (76.3FM) was listed as Monday night from 9.30pm. The show actually starts at 9.00pm (sorry Joseph!). The URL for the show is http://www.763.fm/live.html
(h) Jobs:
Recruitment ongoing for the following positions:
see http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/careers.html for details and other vacancies, and contact careers@yamasa.org if you are interested in applying. Most are connected with web publishing and translation. Study Japanese for free in exchange for part-time work in the International Office. These are ongoing positions - we need people all year round, so please contact us if you are interested in positions later in the year as well.
(i) Other bits:
Jon Walden
Admissions Coordinator
The
Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
1-2-1 Hanehigashimachi
Okazaki
Aichi Japan 444-0832
Tel: +81 (0) 564 55 8111
Fax: +81
(0) 564 55 8174 (admissions)
Fax: +81 (0) 564 55 8113 (student
affairs)
Email: Admissions
Email: newsletter@yamasa.org
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/
2. Course Information
Accommodation
From November Villa Studio Apartments 3 and 4 are full, there are small number of vacancies from December. Residence U and K are full during November and December and Residence L is full until March 2002. There are a limited number of rooms available in the Student Village. Students applying for courses from November/December and wishing to stay in accommodation which is currently unavailable will be placed on a waiting list. There are usually some last-minute changes, so check with Admissions for information or see the availability file for details. Please note that accommodation is not reserved until we have recieved the tuition fees for your chosen course in full.
Accommodation in apartments in the annexe of the Rec World Hotel (near Daijuji Temple) will be used whenever Yamasa's accommodation becomes full. The prices for the "1K-Single" and "2K-Shared" room options have been discounted and are now the same price as the Student Village. For more information on the apartments in the Rec World Hotel annexe, please see the following pages:
http://www.yamasa.org/a
cjs/english/hotel.html (for accommodation description)
http://www.yamasa.or
g/acjs/english/tankisei.html (for price list of accommodation)
Message from Housing Office: Please also note that it is extremely important that you rank your accommodation preferences clearly. Upgrades are possible in the event of cancellations - so if your first preference is a single room in the village, select "Village single" as first choice, "Residence U" as your second choice and so on.
Long-term Courses:
Student Visa: Applications for April 2002: Applications for the student visa beginning in April 2002 are now being taken. There are currently 20 places available. If you are not sure about the deadlines, please check the deadlines for the student visa listed in each course in the program catalogue. If you wish to apply for the next start-date of April 2002 please complete an application form online (see http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/apply.html for details) or contact Admissions for more information. The application deadline for the April 2002 student visa start is December 20th 2001.
Short-term courses:
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Discovery Tour starting on January 25th - itinerary at: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_20020125.html Contact Admissions for details. There are still a few places available - join a very small private tour: Includes Skiing in Furukawa, Takayama, Nijo Castle, Hakuba Valley, Mastumoto Castle, Genkyo-en Garden, Kiyomizudera, Gion, Pontocho, Kisogawa rapids, Hiei-zan, Uji - Byoudoin (Phoenix Pavilion), Kyoto, Tabata Jinja, Meiji-mura museum. Also a tour of the Kunizakari brewery, Osu Kannon and Tokugawa Art Museum as well as many other locations. |
Other Discovery Tours all have vacancies - contact Admissions for further information. Tour dates for next year are available at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_dates.html
All SILAC programs have space but accommodation is very limited. Contact Admissions as soon as possible for information.
3. Staff Interview: Noriko Terada (Placement/Offshore Programs)
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| Noriko Terada |
This weeks interview was done by Yamasa's Office Manager Tatsuya Kato whilst in China on business. He interviewed Noriko Terada who is working in China as a Japanese Language Teacher at Toyota Motor Corporation in the city of Tianjing.
K: Long time no see! It was in August, at Okazaki train station that I last saw you wasn't it!
T: That's right, and I've been in charge of lessons here in China ever since.
K: Last Summer, when you were in Okazaki you could open a window and it would still be hot, now it's winter and it's getting surprisingly cold here. Do the classrooms you teach in have heating?
T: Of course! But, the truth is, they only finally started using it the day before yesterday. Without wearing leggings under my trousers I wouldn't have been able to bear the cold. The electricity failed once, and we had to cancel lessons at the end of one of the days. Also, the copy machine broke down, the quality of the chalk for the blackboards is not very good and all different thicknesses! I forgot to ask you to bring an extension cap for the short pieces of chalk to make using them easier.
K: You don't use white boards then?
T: It changed. White boards are difficult to use - which sounds very strange - the chalk powder is...
Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/staff_int_17.html
4. THINGS JAPANESE: Soccer World Cup 2002
The biggest sporting event in Japan's history was the 1964 Olympic games, which brought Japan to the attention of the world and for which the Shinkansen was especially built and debuted the first use of computers to keep results. It was reported to be the most expensive Olympics ever (at the time) with $3 billion spent to put Japan on the world map. Since then, aside from the Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998, Japan has not held a sporting event to match this. This will all change next June when the biggest sporting event in the world is co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.
The 2002 Soccer World Cup will be the first to be held in Asia and the first to be co-hosted by two countries. Many people were.....
Continued at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/newsletter/things_japanese_21.html
5. ABOUT THE YAMASA INSTITUTE'S AICHI CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES
The Yamasa Institute is committed to providing high-quality education in the Japanese language. We are a non-profit organization, a part of the Hattori Group. We are accredited by Association for the Promotion of Japanese Language Education - APJLE, accreditation number B302 - and "the only Institute in the Mikawa region with the appropriate programs, systems, curriculum and facilities required for quality Japanese language education" according to the Ministry of Justice. Further, in recognition of the excellent quality of our programs, we are in the top tier of 'Appropriately Authorized Japanese Language Education Institutes' - in fact, the only school in the Mikawa area with this prestigious recommendation. For full details see the accreditation section on the homepage at http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/accreditation.html
6. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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(c) 2001 The Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
1-2-1 Hanehigashi-machi
Okazaki Aichi Japan 444-0832
Tel: +81 (0) 564 55 8111 Fax: +81 (0) 564
55 8113
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
Email: Admissions